Over the eight seasons of Game of Thrones, Cersei Lannister is one of the characters who changed the most - and in ways that only caused the fan to hate her more and more as the series progressed. By the time that she was crushed to death in the final season, there were few people left rooting for her - an incestuous mass-murderer obsessed with power.
Of course, Cersei did have some redeeming factors. Over the course of the series, we saw how she chafed against the restrictions placed on her thanks to her gender, how she struggled with the need for power (and an utter inability to wield it with compassion), and how she slowly spiraled into becoming the dark Queen of King's Landing. While she changed in a huge number of ways, these are definitely the things that were the most noticeable by the end.
10 Loses Her Children
No matter how you feel about Cersei, no one deserves to watch all of their children die - most murdered by her enemies. This is a huge thing for someone who defined herself as a mother in so many ways, and whose children were her main reason for living. Joffrey, of course, was murdered at his own wedding, Myrcella was poisoned by the Sand Snakes in Dorne, and Tommen (appalled at his own mother and the death of Margaery), jumped out of a window. She was pregnant again by the final season, but she went from being a mother to a woman without family - and that's a truly massive change (and one that informed many of her other changes and decisions).
9 Becomes Obsessed With Blaming Tyrion
Cersei has never liked her brother Tyrion, of course, but she only really started to obsess over her hatred of him after Joffrey was poisoned - when she became convinced that he was the one that did it. After this, she went from quietly hating her brother to actively wanting to destroy him - she attempted to have him tried and then killed, and when he was able to escape, she tried to hunt him down with a bounty on his head.
8 Destroys Her Relationship With Jaime
Cersei also managed to destroy her relationship with her other brother - her twin, Jaime, who was also (as everyone knows) her lover. At the start of the series, these two were inseparable in their secret love. Jaime was the father of her children, and willingly to casually push Bran off a tower to keep their secret.
However, as Cersei became increasingly insane, her relationship was torn apart. Although Jaime came back to her in the end, it was only after they became disgusted with each other, even ending up on opposite sides of their war.
7 Loses The Admiration Of The People
Although the fans may have disliked Cersei from the start (incest and casually attempting to murder children will do that), for much of the early seasons the people still admired her. She was their beautiful Queen, and no one saw the darkness that lurked inside. However, this was all stripped away when she managed to encourage the Faith Militant to the point that they took her down. No one can forget her walk of shame - head shorn and stripped naked, she was booed and pelted with food (and worse) by the people of King's Landing, and her position was forever altered.
6 Her Hair
Along with her walk of shame came the loss of her hair - and while this may seem like a smaller thing (and compared to many of the other entries on this list, it absolutely is) hair is something that means a lot in the world of Game of Thrones. The transition from her long blonde locks in the first season to her crop in the last is representative of her embracing a more masculine and active role - going from the King's wife, or King's mother, to the Queen herself.
5 Becomes A Mass Murderer
On a slightly bigger note from hair, it's worth pointing out that Cersei's kill count changes drastically as the show progresses. At the start of the series, Cersei is not yet a murderer, although this quickly changes. First she takes out her husband, Robert, but this then escalates to a frightening degree. By the end of the show, she's got to a point where she will casually blow up hundreds (if not thousands) of people, as well as ordering the deaths of individuals to make a point.
4 Her Style
Much like Sansa Stark, Cersei's style changes hugely over the course of the show. At the start, she is all about deep reds, golds, heavy patterns and luxurious fabrics. Her style is feminine, even if it still screams money and power. By the end, though, she has switched to almost entirely black (although dark red does make a reappearance at the very end).
Part of this is obviously mourning for her children, but like her hair, it is also a representation of her changed personality. No more feminine softness - the final Cersei is a warrior Queen, prepared for battle and dark deeds.
3 Loses Subtlety
Echoed in her hair and style is the loss of not only her femininity but her subtlety. Early Cersei was all about secrecy, cutting digs, quiet manipulation behind the scenes... while the final Cersei simply has no time for it. She has stopped trying to manipulate her way to power and has simply seized it. She stops hiding her relationship with Jaime, daring anyone to challenge her about it. She simply stops pretending that she doesn't want to be totally in control.
2 Willingness To Marry
When the show begins, Cersei is married to Robert Baratheon, a purely political alliance. By the end, she had gone through some major changes when it comes to her willingness to be married off. After Robert's death, she stood up to her father about being married off a second time, and although she was willing to wed Euron in order to use his army (or at least, she was willing to promise to do so - it's unclear if she would have actually gone through with it), it's clear that this is an alliance on her terms, rather than one where she is passive goods being sent off to the highest bidder.
1 Becomes Queen
Finally, possibly the most obvious change of all. Cersei went from constantly being Queen as wife, or as mother, to holding power in her own right. From the start, Cersei made it clear that she wanted real power, and was furious that being born a woman meant that she would be prevented from getting it. By the end, though, she'd decided that gender didn't matter - and that if she wanted power, she would take it for herself.
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